Aliyev says Azerbaijan debunked myths of ‘invincible Armenian’ army in Karabakh victory

Azerbaijan has debunked several Armenian-made myths of an “invincible army” when Baku defeated Yerevan in the Second Karabakh War last September, President Ilham Aliyev said on Tuesday.

“The Second Karabakh War will go down in history as our glorious victory,” Aliyev said as he addressed a ceremony, raising the state flag in the Kalbajar district, a town newly liberated after a ceasefire deal with Yerevan.

“For many years, for 30 years, the Armenians had been bragging about of their ‘military victory.’ The Armenians had invented several myths that they allegedly had an ‘invincible army,’ and that this army would possess these lands forever. We have blown this myth to smithereens,” continued Aliyev.

“The second myth was that Armenian soldiers were ‘brave’ and could prevail in any war. We have dispelled this myth as well,” Aliyev added.

Relations between the former Soviet republics of Azerbaijan and Armenia have been tense since 1991 when the Armenian military occupied Nagorno-Karabakh, also known as Upper Karabakh, a territory internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, and seven adjacent regions.

New clashes erupted last September and ended on Nov. 10 with a Russia-brokered cease-fire.

During the 44-day conflict, Azerbaijan liberated several cities and nearly 300 settlements and villages from Armenia's nearly three-decade occupation.